The NFL and sports world are still in shock after the tragic death of former All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau. Yesterday, I shared with you the very emotional and heart wrenching statement made by Seau's mother, Luisa.

Today, another emotional reflection on Seau's life was made by former teammate of Seau and current ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley. Wiley appeared on ESPN's NFL Live to talk about his friend and teammate.

Wiley was clearly distraught and emotional right from the start saying that in his denial he texted Seau to make sure the rumors were false. More important than anything else was that Wiley spoke highly of him as a person more than as a player.

One of the most sought after free agents in this offseason has found a new home in Buffalo.

Former Texans defensive end Mario Williams and the Buffalo Bills have agreed in principle to a six year deal. Financial terms have not been disclosed at this time, but it is said to have been a hefty contract.

Williams, the number one overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, has the Texans franchise record for sacks with 53, including a record 14 in 2007.

The Bills' top priority this offseason was to boost its pass rush. The team only managed 29 sacks last season, including ten in one game.

Mario Williams will move back to defensive end from linebacker in Buffalo. Houston ran a 3-4 defense last season that moved Williams to linebacker. Buffalo runs a 4-3 defense.

Sources report that the Indianapolis Colts and their long time starting quarterback, Peyton Manning, will part ways after the team decided to not pick up Manning's $28 million bonus.

The Colts have until 4 PM Thursday to officially release Manning.

Manning, a four time NFL MVP, missed the entire 2011 season after recovering from three neck surgeries. Doctors have cleared Manning to resume his playing career and training.

Manning owns all of the Colts passing records and, up until last season, never missed a start in his career. A news conference planned for Wednesday will have both Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay in attendance.

The Indianapolis Colts are expected to draft Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck in be Manning's successor in this April's NFL Draft.

Embattled St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams used bounties while he was head coach of the Buffalo Bills and as defensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins, according to reports.

The Buffalo News reported that Williams set up bounties while he was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Informed by former Bill Coy Wire, he said, "There were financial payments." Three other unnamed players have confirmed Wire's allegations. At least a couple of players were rewarded for "knock-out shots ". "Knock-out shots" are when a player gets injured and cannot return to the game.

Wire went on to say about Williams' bounty program, "There were rewards. There never was a point where cash was handed out in front of the team. But surely, you were going to be rewarded. When somebody made a big hit that hurt an opponent, it was commended and encouraged."

The Washington Post reported that similar bounty systems were in place while he was a defensive coordinator with the Washington Redskins. Former Redskin and current director of player development for the Redskins Phillip Daniels, four former Redskin players, and an unnamed coach all told the Washington Post of their experiences after the NFL's probe was released.

The paper was unclear whether the Redskins would be held accountable if the NFL does in fact determine that the team did use a bounty system.

Daniels told the paper that he received $1500, the most he has ever received, for posting his first ever four sack game in 2005 against their vaunted rival Dallas.

"I think it is wrong the way they're trying to paint (Williams)," Daniels told the Washington Post, "He never told us to go out there and break a guy's neck or break a guy's leg. It was all in the context of a good, hard football game."

Redskins head coach while Williams was coordinator, Joe Gibbs, said that he was unaware of a bounty system in place.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is to rule on a possible punishment for the New Orleans Saints after a probe discovered Williams' bounty system in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Saints and former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams have violated the NFL's "Bounty Rule" by setting up a bounty pool adding up to $50,000 within the past three seasons, including the Saints' feel good Super Bowl winning season in 2009.

The NFL has reported that the pool reached its highest during that 2009 season.

The pool was set up by Williams and players were offered $1000 for cart-offs and $1500 for "knockouts". The amounts were doubled and sometimes tripled during the playoffs. Players put in money toward the pool and sometimes pledged money towards a specific player.

No punishments have been handed out by the league, yet. Possible punishments are loss of draft picks, suspensions, and hefty fines.

The report is troublesome because with the recent studies of concussions, the Saints are contributing to this ever growing problem. Look at former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson or former Steeler Justin Strzelczyk, both had problems with concussions and later committed suicide due to depression and other mental health issues caused by repeated blows to the head. Duerson and Strzelczyk are just two of the known cases of suicides by former players caused by brain damage from their playing days.

Another health problem that may be caused by concussions, although not confirmed, is ALS, or more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Saints should know better than anybody about this because former safety Steve Gleason is now battling this horrible disease. The link between ALS and concussions is not confirmed, but many former players like Steve Smith and O.J. Brigance now have ALS. Smith went on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" to express his concern that brain damage may be a direct link to ALS.

The NFL needs to come down hard on the Saints and make an example of them in order to help curb this issue. Although Williams is no longer with the team, the NFL needs to suspend him and fine him heavily. Williams said of the bounty, "It was a terrible mistake, and we knew it was wrong while we were doing it." Yet, Williams continued to keep the bounty in place. That shows a lack of judgement in Williams' case and deserves a lengthy suspension.

Saints head coach Sean Payton found out about it later, but didn't do anything to stop it. If that is said to be true, then Payton needs to be suspended or maybe even fired. If we've learned anything from the Penn State scandal (The Penn State scandal is much worse than this one), is that by not doing the right thing will indeed cost you your job. Joe Paterno, a college football legend, was fired for not telling the authorities after we learned of Sandusky's allegations and rightfully so. If Paterno could get fired for not remedying a serious problem, then what makes Payton so safe? I'm not saying Payton will be fired for this, but it should be a possibility.

Williams, Payton, and every player involved needs to be punished in some sort of capacity or we have had learned nothing of this. For the sanctity of the NFL, throw the book at New Orleans.

The NFL Network has reported that the Pittsburgh Steelers are planning on not bringing back long time Steelers receiver Hines Ward for the 2012 season.

Ward, 35, was scheduled to make $4 million next season, but told Steelers management that he was willing to take a pay cut to stay in Pittsburgh. The Steelers had to make a decision by March 1 because of a clause in his contract.

Ward lost his starting job this past season and had his lowest numbers in just about every receiving category since his rookie season in 1998.

When asked about his future at the Super Bowl media center, he said he planned on playing next season, but when asked about three to five years in the future, he said, "I don't know about that long."

Ward holds every major Steelers receiving record with 1,000 receptions, 12,083 yards, and 85 touchdowns.

The New England Patriots are likely to place the franchise tag on wide receiver Wes Welker and that the receiver would likely hold out.

Greg Bedard of the Boston Herald appeared on a radio show and said of the Welker contract situation, “He’s going to be tagged, that I know for pretty much certain. If they don’t, he’s going to sign with the Jets and they’re going to to to try and cover him twice a year, or the Dolphins, they want him back. I don’t see why things would change now, but the way it stood before the Super Bowl, they’re going to tag him.”

The Patriots are worried that Welker could sit out half the season, much like lineman Logan Mankins did in 2010.

Welker has been one of the more dependable receivers in the NFL, catching 100 or more passes in four of the past five seasons with the Patriots. Welker caught an NFL high 122 receptions last season.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick told his team to make the Giants throw to Mario Manningham before the Giants game winning drive.

Belichick was heard in an NFL Films audio recording saying, "This is still a Cruz-and-Nicks game." Manningham earlier in the game could not haul in a pass from Eli Manning as he could not keep both feet in bounds. Belichick also said on the recording, "I know we're right on them. It's tight, but those are still the guys. Make them go to Manningham, make them go to (Bear) Pascoe. Let's make sure we get Cruz and Nicks."

The first play of the Giants drive, Manning threw a perfect pass to Manningham along the sidelines. Manningham caught the ball and kept both feet in bounds to put the Giants at midfield.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who was also miked up, simply said, "He caught it." The Patriots still challenged anyway and lost the challenge.

Others miked up for NFL Films were Vince Wilfork and Jerod Mayo who told teammates in the huddle, "We gotta let them score, got to let them score."

Referee John Parry was heard saying after the Wes Welker dropped pass, "That was the game."

The online pawn shop, Pawngo, has apologized for its prank on star New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker.

Pawngo dropped 900 pounds of Butterfinger candy bars in Copley Square in Boston. The prank was designed to mock Welker's dropped pass in the Super Bowl. Had Welker caught the pass, the Patriots most likely would have won the Super Bowl.

The site meant for the stunt to be lighthearted, but many Boston sports fans were upset at the website. Pawngo CEO Todd Hillis said in a statement, "We thought that Boston fans would get a laugh out of it. But, for many great Boston sports fans, it was taken offensively. Please accept my most sincere apologies. We got caught up in the moment, reacting to a suggestion that we thought would be funny, but we were wrong, and on behalf of everyone involved with Pawngo, I apologize."

To top it off, Pawngo was cited for violating a commercial dumping ordinance in Boston.

Carolina Panthers fan Matt Rowell found perhaps the most greatest piece of Panthers memorabilia of all time at a garage sale.

Rowell found the Panthers playbook from their Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. Besides the plays in the book, there was something more important. Much more important.

Along with the plays, it also had sensitive financial information of the players of the 2004-2005 Carolina Panthers. If that had gotten into the wrong hands, it could have been disaster for all the players in that book.

Rowell showed a few friends, but did the honorable thing and returned it to the Panthers organization. He decided to return it because of the financial information in the book.

Matt Rowell did the absolute right thing and the world needs more people like Matt Rowell.

Green Bay Packers quarterback and freshly minted NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers told a radio station in Milwaukee that he would like to host Saturday Night Live.

Rodgers met some cast members of Saturday Night Live during the Super Bowl festivities in Indianapolis. Rodgers said about the prospects of hosting, "I'm hopeful that we can figure something out there."

Rodgers has some acting experience with a string of State Farm Insurance commercials. He wouldn't be the first quarterback to host Saturday Night Live. Joe Montana, Fran Tarkenton, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning have all hosted in years past.

In shocking news, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was named the "Most Disliked Athlete" in a Forbes Magazine poll conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research.

Vick actually tied with Tiger Woods, but Vick received more "dislike a lot" votes than Woods. Vick and Woods both were at 60%. New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress was third with 56%, Detroit Lions defensive end Ndamukong Suh was fourth at 51%, and New Jersey Nets forward and Kim Kardashian's ex-husband Kris Humphries rounded out the top five with 50% of the vote.

Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison and three years probation due to his involvement in a dogfighting ring. Vick was released in November of 2008 and signed with the Eagles shortly after.

Although, Vick has been out of prison for some time now, people do not wish to forgive Vick and his reprehensible actions. His awareness number, 42%, is up there with Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, but people know Vick for all the wrong reasons.